The man reeked of alcohol, hiccuping constantly. Eugene’s brow furrowed deeply.
“I’m not so desperate to need help from a vagabond.”
Yet, the man undeterred, smirked knowingly.
“Hehe, that’s why you need me. I can lie anywhere and call it home, so I spend my days on that rocky shore overlooking the sea, watching people all day.”
Eugene was about to walk past the man but stopped abruptly. He gestured towards the sea and asked, “You’ve seen everything happening on that sea?”
“Well, at least when I’m awake…”
The man trailed off, licking his lips, hinting that something must be given first. Eugene, seeing through his antics, silently approached. The man’s mouth curled up, anticipating the falling gold coin.
But his brief daydream was shattered.
Snap.
Suddenly, something sharp grazed the man’s cheek and embedded itself in the wall he was leaning against. It was the blade from the cigar cutter.
The blade was only as long as a pinky finger, but wrapped in a force equivalent to a long sword due to its sharpness.
“Ah…!”
The man, having personally experienced it, was too shocked to even scream, gasping for air instead.
A chilling gaze, filled with murderous intent, bore down on him.
“Choose. Either I gouge out those eyes that fail to see what’s right in front of them, or I cut off that trifling tongue of yours.”
Under the suffocating pressure, the man quickly prostrated himself, bowing his head in terror.
“Wh-what does the person you’re looking for look like? I’ll tell you everything I know.”
“A woman with long, wavy red hair tied up… no, left untamed, and blue eyes. About up to my shoulder in height-.”
“Oh, that woman.”
Before Eugene could finish, the man acknowledged her. Eugene glared fiercely, causing the man to flinch momentarily before quickly bowing his head.
“She was plain in dress but quite a beauty, I remember. She wore her hat pulled down so I only saw her for a moment.”
“When and where did you see her?”
“I was drunk at the time, so I don’t remember exactly… but about ten days ago, she walked into the sea as if possessed.”
“What do you mean she walked into the sea?”
“Exactly that. It was like she intended to die, she walked in by herself.”
“Do I need to rip out that wretched tongue of yours to hear the truth!”
Eugene, barking furiously, violently gripped the man’s neck. The man, forcibly pulled up, clutched at his throat and gasped out.
“Cough, cough! It’s true! I swear! Some man happened to pass by and saved her. I fell asleep afterwards, so I don’t know what happened next, but I swear she lived!”
Eugene finally released the man’s collar. The man collapsed onto the ground as soon as Eugene’s hand withdrew.
Ignoring the man’s pleading for his life, Eugene walked away, deeply troubled. He felt like his head had been bludgeoned.
‘Helena, Helen… was trying to take her own life?’
Easily leaving, easily disappearing, and now attempting suicide. Eugene couldn’t accept it.
‘Is everything so easy for you? To leave me on a whim and now even your own life?’
Lost in his thoughts, Eugene stopped only when he reached the town square’s fountain.
Looking at the regular stream of water, a piece of memory painfully crossed his mind.
“Eugene. I hate this day.”
A thin sense of guilt also emerged. He was shocked, yet not entirely ignorant of the truth. There was always a reason behind her capricious actions.
‘That’s right, it was Basil’s anniversary…’
She used to laugh joyfully, but occasionally, her whole body seemed to say she didn’t want to live.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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